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A RELIABLE FLOWER. 



The petunia has been greatly improved 

 during the last few years, and the large 

 flowers and bright colors attest to the 

 hybridizer's skill. It is a most reliable 

 annual, never failing to give an abun- 

 dance of bloom all summer and late 

 into the fall. The petunia is the flower 

 for everybody. The humblest yard and 

 the finest public park is incomplete with- 

 out this grand flower, which minds 

 neither heat, drought, nor rain. 



Seed sown early in spring will produce 

 flowering plants in June. It is best 

 started in boxes in the house or in cold- 

 frame or hot-bed, and the young plants 

 transplanted. 



The seeds of the double petunia do 

 not possess as much vitality as the 

 single varieties, and care must be taken 

 to get them to germinate. All will not 

 come double, as the petunia is inclined 

 to sport. The better plan, when the best 

 varieties are desired, is to get plants just 

 beginning to flower from the florist. 



Seeds of the commoner kinds may be 

 sown thinly after the trees have started 

 out in leaf in the spring. When well up 

 they should be thinned or transplanted 

 to one foot apart, or, if desired, may be 

 left five or six' inches apart and thinned 

 when the flowers show, retaining the 

 largest flowers and the brightest colors. 

 The petunia grows quickly and is useful 

 for sowing here and there where the 

 flower bed becomes bare, at anytime 

 during the season. 



Connecticut. Lawrence D. Fogg. 



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